Most observers expected the governor to immediately sign a bill easing the onerous regulations on brewpubs; instead he said he wants it to be part of a comprehensive reform of the liquor-licensing system
Microbrewed beers: New Jersey needs to loosen up the restrictions, but the governor has said it will have to be part of a comprehensive package of reforms of New Jersey's liquor-licensing system. Various potential candidates for president have offered their plans for breaking up the Mexican drug cartels. But Gov. Phil Murphy has set himself a far more difficult task – breaking up the New Jersey liquor cartel.
Murphy was expected to sign it into law. Instead the governor had the state Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control issue a directive that suspends until Dec. 31 the enforcement of the onerous rules for microbreweries that prompted the bill in the first place. “No news to make on this,” Murphy said. “The ABC gives at least temporary relief on most of the questions the brewers had on this for the next six months. But I still want comprehensive, broad-based license reform and I want that to be a part of it.”
Why? Perhaps he’s thinking of a run for president in the event that job falls open. Liquor-license reform would fit in with the image he’s trying to create as a blue-state politician who can deliver economic growth.
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